Being the amazing, true-to-life adventures and (very likely) misadventures of a writer who seeks to take his education, activism and seemingly boundless energy to North Minneapolis, (NoMi) to help with a process of turning a rapidly revitalizing neighborhood into something approaching Urban Utopia. I am here to be near my child. From 02/08 to 06/15 this blog pushed free speech to the envelope, so others could take heart and speak unafraid. Email me at hoffjohnw@gmail.com

First USA Title, one of the defendants, is appealing and oral arguments will be heard January 8, 2014, 10:40 am in Room 100 of the Minnesota Judicial Center. This according to a documented posted recently on the Minnesota courts website.

The Year Of Our Lord 2014 may be when these victims of mortgage fraud finally get justice, but I won't be counting chickens before they hatch.

THIS IS YOUR BATHROOM ON DRUGS. Kidding. The image above is NOT the bathroom in Burger King at 3200 Washington Ave. N. where police say Sean Alexander placed 37.5 grams of cocaine. Click here for the criminal complaint.

Police reportedly had word Sean Alexander (DOB 9/30/78) was going to be delivering "six 8-balls," which in the parlance of drug users is 1 1/4 ounces of cocaine. How did police know that? An informant, I suspect. Lately it seems like every rat on the Northside is ratting out the other rats, and I see it as a sign neighborhood revitalization is putting pressure on the criminal elements. But anyway...Police heard Alexander was going to be delivering drugs to Burger King at 3200 Washington Ave. North, so police had an undercover officer sitting there...

It is New Year's Eve and tonight some people will party too hard and get arrested. They will be embarrassed, ashamed, and will never forget the night they spent in jail because it will be the ONLY night they ever spent in jail.

These won't be the kind of folks who NORMALLY get arrested.

Therefore, I am making a strategic decision to publish the jail roster NOW, before 7:30 PM on New Year's Eve, before the partying has started. By my rough calculations, a select number of "infrequent flyers" of the Hennepin County Jail will have their names off the roster before I publish again near the end of January, 2014.

I can do that. I can show slack and mercy and catch the fish I'm trying to catch, not the fish who don't belong in the net...at least not as much.

Neighbors have been doing their own digging, compiling, even MEETING about this vile and problematic business entity causing endless problems on the Northside. My blog is simply promulgating relevant information, some of it in raw form, rather than digging it up or creating it.

I promised in my previous story to commit a "data dump" of one extensive document I linked, so Googlebots could chew up the info and feed it into search engines. That document is an attempt by one unnamed neighborhood resident to draw connections between Proton and other individuals and entities; linking by, for example, common street addresses.

The document contains no real assertions. It is a compilation of raw data which will hopefully attract more coherent and organized information. Readers with sensitive stomachs may want to look away as...

Facebook image used under First Amendment Fair Comment and Criticismand public safety exception to copyright, blog post by John Hoff

Some hours ago, mainstream media sources named the second (alleged) attacker of Minneapolis mayoral candidate Mark Andrew as Deea Leshawn Elliott, a juvenile. In a story that made national news, 63-year-old Andrew was robbed of his cell phone at Mall of America and then jumped by two female accomplices. But Andrew fought back, causing the arrest of both of his attackers and, incredibly, his cell phone was recovered, as well.

Facebook photo, provided to me by a source, used under First Amendment FairComment and Criticism and public safety exception to copyright, blog post byJohn Hoff

Yesterday, after I wrote about Assertive Minneapolis Properties LLC and all the entities and individuals linked to that scuzzball operation, extensive information came from the same credible source(s) about an even more troublesome entity in North Minneapolis, Proton Investments Inc.

Sunday, December 29, 2013

JNS blog readers, who are an attentive bunch and seem to spot little technical changes, may have noticed a new "favicon" today.The "favicon" is a little symbol which pops up next to the URL when you type in the web address (URL) of this blog. Since 2008 when I started this blog, the favicon has been a simple orange Blogspot symbol, which is the default setting.Recently, however, I figured out how to change the favicon and I started looking around for symbols. For a couple of days around Christmas, I used a different symbol. Then I found out the symbol was already in use by a major website, so I dropped it and found a standard and available "American flag" favicon. The change doesn't happen immediately and took a couple days to "stick." The American flag stands for all kinds of things, but as a favicon on this blog it primarily stands for...FREEDOM OF SPEECH. And the right to live quality lives free of daily fear, a right which the decent people in my neighborhood have to fight for every day with help from our police and public officials. But it was Thomas Jefferson who said...

Saturday, December 28, 2013

Yesterday I wrote a blog post about accused murderer Damin L. Shufford, who mainstream media said lived in New Hope (and lord knows he might) but in looking over the Hennepin County Jail Roster I found him listed at 3651 Fremont Ave. North. This address is owned by Assertive Minneapolis Properties LLC, a name that has been associated with nothing good since it first "pinged" upon the radar of this blog.

THIS INFORMATION WAS MORE OR LESS GIFTED TO ME. It was not compiled by me and any mistakes it contains are not mine. In some cases, there are no assertions made. Any connections have to be drawn by the reader.

There's a reason why JNS blog is so careful to trace the ownership of properties linked (sometimes allegedly) to known and/or accused criminals...

Damin Lee Shufford (DOB 12/14/83) is accused of a shocking crime; shooting a 59-year old robbery victim because (as Shufford allegedy phrased it) "it's something I do to relieve stress." Click here for Star Tribune article or, if you hate annoying pop up ads as much as I do, click here for CBS Minnesota. The STrib says Shufford is from New Hope, Minnesota, which is also where the murder was allegedly committed. But looking at the jail roster tonight, I noticed Shufford's address is listed in North Minneapolis: 3651 Fremont Ave. N.The address in question is a rental owned by...

According to a recent criminal complaint, click here, Jabari Roosevelt Johnson robbed his old prison pal in North Minneapolis...WHILE WEARING AN ANKLE MONITOR.The story goes like this: An adult male whose initials are LB was visiting his girlfriend in North Minneapolis. LB runs a clothing store in Winona, Minnesota but in the not so distant past LB was in prison.While incarcerated, LB met Jabari Roosevelt Johnson and was friendly with Johnson, at least while the two were in prison. So recently, when LB was in North Minneapolis and ran into Johnson, LB spoke to Johnson and talked about how he (LB) had turned his life around...

Demario Jaqun Jefferson, DOB 12/7/88, launched a Pearl Harbor style surprise attack upon a house in Brooklyn Center; shooting into the house at least twice over something upsetting which was posted on Facebook. Allegedly.Click here for the criminal complaint.A witness at the house identified Jefferson with 100 percent certainty and stated...

Paris Lashawn Brown is accused of a burglary at 119 36th St. W. which took place May 27. Cash, a television and electronics were stolen.Click here for the criminal complaint.Police managed to get a latent print off some "nesting dolls" and linked the print to Paris Lashawn Brown, whose parents obviously wanted a girl. Paris wasn't actually arrested until October 23. He's also charged with failing to register as a predatory offender.Brown's last reported address, which is listed on the criminal complaint, is 4622 Aldrich Ave. N.; a rental property owned by Bryan Altman of 2619 Fremont Ave. S. Despite being forced to register as a predatory offender...

Image from the public Facebook profile of Mayoral also-ran and publicfigure Mark Andrew, used under First Amendment Fair Comment andCriticism and public safety exception to copyright, blog post by JohnHoff

Andrew had his cell phone snatched while sitting at Starbucks in MOA, a place where I have often sat with my own teenage son; both of us occupied with our laptops. When Mark Andrew ran after the youth that snatched the cell phone, two other youth got into a physical altercation with him, apparently trying to cut off Andrew's pursuit. Andrew was struck in the head with some kind of metal baton and required stitches but his two assailants, 17 and 18, were arrested. The baton may have been a collapsable metal "asp" type like that found in the purse of the younger alleged assailant.

The cell phone was dropped by the thief and returned by a passerby. Passersby were otherwise too fearful to get involved in the incident.

I place the evidence in front of my readers and urge you to judge for yourselves: Predatory offender Leroy Barber, Jr. and "Bubbles," lovable crackhead character from HBO television police drama "The Wire."SEPARATED AT BIRTH? Click here for his most recent stupid and violent episode, allegedly. And when I say "allegedly," what I mean is he hasn't been convicted yet but take this in the context of his criminal record. Why I bother with that word "allegedly" is beyond me. Freaking HABIT, I guess. If you search predatory offenders in the 55411 zip code (just plain old predatory offenders, not Level Three Sex Offenders) the first name which pops up is...

Monday, December 23, 2013

Some image floating around on Facebook, used under First Amendment Fair Commentand Criticism and assumed lack of intent to enforce copyright based upon the meaningof "memegenerator," blog post by John Hoff
This happened in September but was dug up as part of my effort to obtain information about accused criminals with half a dozen particular surnames, which may correspond to Minneapolis crime families. What a sad little cautionary tale turned up in my net, click here for criminal complaint.

Two women (and I assume they were YOUNG women) whose initials are AA and GD were driving around North Minneapolis trying to score "Xanax bars." It turns out Xanax, a popular prescription drug which is often abused, comes in long rectangular tables which are...

It was a snowy day in early December and "high ranking" members of the Tre Tre Crips were riding dirty in a vehicle with crack, allegedly, but this still wasn't enough to make them obey the speed limit, allegedly...

Now that major media have their teeth marks all over the story, this blog is going to perform its customary function: proving more detail on each of the arrestees, the property in question, and each of the properties associated with the other arrestees...

Sunday, December 22, 2013

Image of Eric Yzaguirre used under First Amendment Fair Comment andCriticism and public safety exceptions to copyright, blog post by John Hoff

Somebody out there knows what JNS blog loves for Christmas! INFORMATION!So tonight it's an early Christmas because I am suddenly in possession of information I've wanted for a long time, which came figuratively wrapped in a big red bow. It is the old criminal complaint (known in Oklahoma as a criminal "information") about a serious drug and weapon incident involving Eric and Jerome Yzaguirre which happened in Atoka County, Oklahoma. Criminal pleas for both these young men stemmed from the arrest.My regular readers will recall there is a long and twisted history with the Yzaguirres, involving actual and alleged criminal behavior by all three of the kids (Nicole, Eric and Jerome) wacky lawsuits filed by their suspended attorney Jill Clark, and even a recent shooting which very nearly claimed the life of Jerome.Despite the persistently bad behavior of her brood, (or maybe BECAUSE of their bad behavior) their mother "Crazy" Terry Yzaguirre of the Mpls Mirror blog has been a persistently shrill critic of this blogger's attempts to clean up North Minneapolis.Click here to read the criminal complaint about Eric, which includes details about Jerome.Click here to read about Eric's deferred sentence. I guess not a lot of excitement happens in Atoka County, because the criminal information contains a rich telling of the tale which happened May 1, 2009, just north of Boggy Bridge...

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Image used under First Amendment Fair Comment and Criticism, blog postby John HoffGlenn D. Smith, a/k/a Chief Chuck Got Hoess Smith, a/k/a Chief Chuck So Iicey (sic) Smith, is pending trial for a shooting in an alley in which a stray bullet nicked a senior citizen in the face. Prior to publicity on this blog about Smith and his Facebook documentation of his thug life on Facebook, the profile of Glenn Smith was open and available to the general public for all to view his brandishing of weapons, enthusiasm for pot, and recent fatherhood-while-incarcerated. Well, no more...

Information floating around that came my way is as follows: Peter Rickmyer, the notorious Level Three Sex Offender and frivolous litigant who lives in North Minneapolis but has been wanted on a warrant out of Oklahoma County, Oklahoma since about 1990, recently filed an Equal Opportunity Employment Commission complaint against the Jordan Area Community Council.

When the complaint was dismissed, he filed a federal lawsuit which was dismissed with amazing speed for any court of law; not so much a dismissal as chasing a stray animal out of the courthouse.

Rickmyer is not, of course, employed by JACC nor did he ever (to my knowledge) apply to JACC for a job, EVER. But lack of the correct forum for a complaint has never really been a problem for Rickmyer, who has already been declared a frivolous litigant in Hennepin County District Court and is facing a ruling in federal court about whether he is a frivolous litigant THERE, as well.

Tuesday, December 17, 2013

Facebook photos, used under First Amendment Fair Comment and Criticism, and public safety exception to copyright, blog post byJohn Hoff

With the publication of the victim's name, information is finally coming loose about Friday night's fatal shooting at 37th and Girard. One Northsider took pictures and shared on his photos on the popular North Vent Facebook forum, complaining that blood was still in the street and the photographer had personally witnessed three children walk by the graphic scene.

This kind of thing wouldn't happen in other neighborhoods, complained this Facebook reporter. The authorities would have the scene cleaned up. They wouldn't just leave a gory mess.

Sunday, December 15, 2013

Facebook photo used under First Amendment Fair Comment and Criticism, andpublic safety exception to copyright, blog post by John Hoff

Incredibly, some three months after being shot in the head, baby Isaac Early appears to be making a full recovery. News being spread around in the community by Facebook says Baby Isaac's sister, Denijah, is in the hospital awaiting a heart transplant and was already hospitalized when Isaac caught a bullet.

Meanwhile, on December 7 the baby's father Isaac Early posted the image, above, on his Facebook profile under the name "Lorenzo Vicious Early." He wrote "I'm in this shit for real" as a comment on this tattoo, but elsewhere twice made reference to the "Bang Bang 20 Gang."

Isaac Early remains on supervised release from the Minnesota prison system. I guess "supervised" isn't the same thing as "sternly ordered by MN DOC Supervising Agent Kevin McCann not to post gang crap on Facebook but to straighten up and fly right for the sake of his little son."

If this is what "supervised" means to the Minnesota DOC, it's no wonder Northside babies get shot in the head by accident, sometimes.

At the next hearing, everybody needs to show up and demonstrate support for Glenn Smith, a/k/a Chief Chuck Got-Hoess, a/k/a Chief Chuck So Iicey Smith!!! Clearly, this accusation that Smith shot at a man in an alley and there's videotape is just a big PO-LICE FRAME UP. It's WHACK!!!

William Shatner as James Kirk, in a publicity photo for the original Star Trek, usedon Wikipedia, now used for First Amendment Fair Comment and Criticism here, blogpost by John Hoff

According to jail roster information, James Kirk was arrested on December 9 for "not a small amount" of marijuana possession, allegedly. He was released from custody on December 10 with no bail required. Hennepin County Sheriff's Department carried out the arrest on a bench warrant sought and obtained by the Golden Valley Police Department.

James Kirk, whose birthday is 7/16/1990, might well be the namesake of the famous fictional character of James Tiberius Kirk.

THIS James Kirk's middle name is "Ray," however that also sounds "science fiction-y." His address is 6812 Cloverdale Avenue, Crystal, Minnesota.

I'm not nearly as much of a Star Wars geek as a number of other personalities in North Minneapolis, but all the same it's a bit of a thrill to write a headline containing the name "James Kirk." Now a word to parents who are naming their kids:

Keep in mind that bloggers and headline writers are drawn to odd names, and can you assume your child will never, ever find himself in jail? Look what happened to Picasso and Socrates Dejoachim.

The same headline linked above made it appear he was convicted of murder. But police couldn't link the murderous bullet to this guy's gun, and more than one person was firing when Neely got hit, reportedly. So his conviction involved possessing a weapon of violence or something like that.

On December 3, Metro Transit Police were dispatched to a report of some person sleeping on a layover bus at Mall of America. This routine dispatch suddenly turned into what may have been the most exciting incident in the career of a female transit officer whose initials are CW.

The passenger, Ronnie Earl Patterson, (DOB 3/19/77) smelled like a drunk. Two officers were trying to lead him away from the bus when he became combative. The cops were trying to get Patterson cuffed but he was resisting, and all three fell to the ground. CW, a female officer, received a gash in her head but kept fighting to...

When police served a search warrant on 2722 Fremont Ave. N. this July, they allegedly found 31.4 grams of cocaine in the pocket of a jacket. In the same jacket was the ID card for Sylvester Powell, (DOB 3/10/49) who is now charged with felony drug possession.

Mugshots are public domain, and JNS blog does not believe the mere additionof a URL to the mugshot image makes it a copyrighted work, particularly whenmugshot websites are, in effect, shaking people down to pay for the removalof their photos, blog post by John Hoff

"Powell" is one of the surnames which an informed, highly-placed sourced provided to me as the names of a known Minneapolis crime families. I do not know if Romere Powell is a member of some "Powell Crime Family," but his criminal record is impressive so he's worth writing about.

In the most recent complaint against Romere Powell, police say Powell offered to sell drugs to a citizen who was at Runyon's restaurant, a rather nice place at 107 N. Washington Ave.

This citizen was smart enough to refuse to buy narcotics but then, incredibly, allowed Powell to borrow a cell phone. So then the dude was forced to follow Powell down the street, trying to FLAG DOWN THE POLICE like, excuse me, would you please help me recover my phone from the DRUG DEALER who borrowed it and now won't give it back?

WHAT WAS THIS GUY THINKING? I mean, the one thing he knew about Powell was Powell was trying to deal drugs (allegedly, but, well, look at his RECORD). So if you loan a drug dealer your phone, and he uses the phone to coordinate a drug deal, what does that make you? I mean, besides STUPID? That's right, some kind of accessory.

"Patterson" is the name of a Minneapolis crime family, according to a reliable and high-placed source which provided JNS blog a list of names and put this blogger on a challenging mission to connect a vast and starry sky of dots.

I don't know if Tyrell Lamar Patterson is a member of this family or not, but he has quite a criminal record, he's named Patterson, and he lives in North Minneapolis. That's all the reason I need to document his recent circumstances, which have culminated in him heading back to prison right now...

Thursday, December 12, 2013

Photo from Old North Minneapolis Facebook group, blog post by John Hoff

Information I wrote earlier tonight about 4425 Aldrich Ave. N. was out of date even while I was hitting the PUBLISH button. It turns out the house went down today. Complete information was found on Old North Minneapolis Facebook group, which I have joined as of today.

The loss of this house is all the fault of slumlord Mahmoud Khan, who turned it into a run down, overcrowded, unsafe rental. Occupants barely escaped with their lives during a fire in March of this year. After that, the building sat vacant except, one suspects, for rats and the occasional crackhead trespasser looking for metal.

Today the building met its doom.

According to Old North Minneapolis Facebook group, the building was constructed around 1902s to serve...

Contributed photo and/or photo used under First Amendment Fair Comment andCriticism and/or photo used by permission of moderator of North Talk Facebookforum, blog post by John Hoff

Jeff Skrenes, who blogs as the Hawthorne Hawkman and started the popular North Talk Facebook forum, pointed me to some information on his forum and urged me to blog it since Jeff (social butterfly that he is) finds himself busy with other obligations.

It would appear a "Backhoe of Doom" is parked in front of 4425 Aldrich Ave. N., a notoriously decrepit eyesore owned by slumlord Mahmoud Khan. The parking of such a backhoe is always a sign of impending demolition, kind of like when a prisoner on death row is moved out of his cell and to the "ready" area, and asked what he'd like for a last meal.

Edward Odell Champion's last conviction in Minnesota was in 1990, when he pled guilty to a crack cocaine possession charge and was sentenced to a year in prison. Minnesota's online court records system, MNCIS, doesn't show any convictions after that, though Edward Odell had a good number BEFORE.

I'm trying to connect the pieces on the issue of Minneapolis crime families. I'm told by a high placed, credible source one of the families is named "Champion," the same family which produced State Senator (and criminal defense attorney) Bobby Joe Champion. But I don't know if Edward Odell Champion is a relative.

It was back in 2010 when I wrote about William Earl Champion and his arrest. It was actually because of William Earl Champion that I first became aware of the online Hennepin County jail roster, which has become a key component in my blogging. This was all because of William Early Champion...and, well, whoever it was who put me on the scent.

But years later I still don't have proof in my hands that William Earl Champion is related to anybody else in North Minneapolis named "Champion," or the alleged-to-exist "North Minneapolis Champion Crime Family."

Thursday, December 5, 2013

Facebook image of Don Allen obtained from his Facebook and usedunder First Amendment Fair Comment and Criticism, and public safety exception for purposes of visually identifying a con man, blog postby John HoffI often get anonymous comments which appear to be attempts to spread gossip about prominent people in the Minneapolis black community, and I often SUSPECT these are anonymous comments left by unsavory IBNN blogger Don Allen...

DeWayne Day, who won the "lottery scratch off" of violent drug crime when he drew Honorable Pamela Alexander as a judge, (click here and here for previous articles) has been associated with a number of residential addresses in North Minneapolis.I'm about to dig into ALL of them...

"Buddy," pictured above, is owned by North Minneapolis resident Brian Bjerke. Over the past week, there have been repeated sightings of this dog, still wearing his blue harness as pictured above. Buddy was last seen Friday, about 2 PM, and 45th and Lyndale.Buddy responds to his own name and his owner is out looking, constantly, posting flyers and distributing information to websites. If you find Buddy, his owner is looking for him and promises to make it "worth your while" to recover his lost and missing canine companion.

Last Friday, according to information posted by the Executive Director of Folwell and Weber-Camden Neighborhoods, the very powerful and well-respected Roberta Johnson Englund, a judicial outrage took place in the court of Judge Pamela Alexander, pictured above in the top photo. Citizens on the popular North Vent Facebook page are calling for removal of Judge Alexander from the bench and from any committees after she let a gun-wielding drug dealer off the hook with a stunningly light sentence.

Peter Rickmyer, a Level Three Sex Offender in North Minneapolis who, incredibly, has been wanted on a "non-extraditable" warrant out of Oklahoma County, Oklahoma since the early 1990s for a lewd and terrible thing he did THERE, continues to file stuff in federal court while decent people await a ruling on whether Rickmyer is a frivolous litigant IN FEDERAL COURT.

Rickmyer, (and did I mention he's wanted on a warrant in Oklahoma?) has already been declared a "Rule 9" frivolous litigant in Hennepin County District Court. But that didn't stop Rickmyer from filing in federal court.

Recently, in response to a motion by defendant Will McDonald, a probation officer, asking for summary judgment, Rickmyer filed something along the lines of a response. Click here for that document but be warned, it contains unconnected leaps of thought that could break your mental shinbones...